Mark Wahlberg forces his kids to watch tattoo removal

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"I don't want my kids to be in the entertainment business either, which is why I'm trying to build a lot of [separate] businesses," Wahlberg told the anchors. "If they feel [passionate about acting], and that's the decision they want to make, then I'll support them. But I'll do everything I can to point them in another direction."

He's come a long way since his rough childhood in Boston.

"I've always said, 'If I succeed as a businessman and I fail as a father, then it's all been for nothing,'" he said. "That's, by far, the most important role that I'll ever play in my life… being a parent and a husband."